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Saturday, February 23, 2008

attendance policy & course credit

We are looking to tighten up our policies regarding school absences(both excused and unexcused) and welcome any 'best practices' folks arewilling to offer. Among the considerations:- is there a hard cap on the number of absences a student may incur overthe course of the semester/year in order to receive course credit?- if a student surpasses that number and therefore forfeits credit, doeshe/she have any options (e.g. summer school) other than repeating thecourse and, likely, grade level the following year?- is there a schoolwide procedure (e.g. acquiring class notes, formallyscheduling extra help / assessments) that students must follow in thecase of absence that serves to lessen the demands on teachers?- are there any other strategies you use to 'encourage' regularattendance?Please feel free to respond privately. Thanks.